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Editorial – July 2019 : All hail the geek outsider.
Hello everyone Having reviewed ‘The History Of Cults: From Satanic Sects To The Manson Family by Robert Schroëder’ this month, I was amazed…
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June 2019
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Editorial – June 2019: A taste of Internet vulnerability.
Hello everyone On the 12 May 2019, the year given for posterity and in case you’re reading this editorial much later, Outlook/Hotmail failed…
December 2018
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Editorial – December 2018 : Brave New World.
Hello everyone Trying to find some topic to end the year on in the editorial has been hard this time around. With the…
May 2018
ReviewBooks
Mars Owners’ Workshop Manual: From 4.5 Billion Years Ago To The Present by David M. Harland (book review).
Mars. Our nearest planetary neighbour and yet only recently properly explored in the last 30 years and all by machine. The latest Haynes…
April 2018
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Editorial – May 2018: Decisions, Decisions
I used to be indecisive Now I just make my mind up. You were expecting a different answer from me? Hello everyone…
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Editorial – April 2018: ‘We read books, so you don’t have to’ Scariest words you’ll ever read.
‘We read books, so you don’t have to’ Scariest words you’ll ever read. Hello everyone There’s been a lot of speculation that serious…
March 2018
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Editorial – Mar 2018: Writing is all about confidence.
Writing is all about confidence. What you don’t have, you learn. What you can’t know, you research. When all else fails, you lie.…
January 2018
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The Read & Write Stuff: Reviewer Recruitment Drive by Geoff Willmetts
I’m beginning to think that reviewers are a rare breed. It’s either that or they’re getting increasingly harder to recruit. Are so few…
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Editorial – Jan 2018: Oumuamua – even the word sounds alien.
Hello everyone It’s amazing how far things have changed in the past 50 years. It took Frank Drake and his SETI project a…
December 2017
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Editorial – Dec 2017: The message not the picture.
Hello everyone Something that came out of Ridley Scott’s commentary for the ‘Alien: Covenant’ film and other film commentaries recently is the directors’…
October 2017
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Editorial – Oct 2017 : Condition normal: weather bad.
Hello everyone Seeing all the hurricane conditions around the world, I defy anyone to ignore the situation and be all goodness and light.…
July 2017
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Editorial – Aug 2017 : Why Science Fiction isn’t keeping up?
Hello everyone Although I’ve been reading more non-fiction for review than current Science Fiction, something that has struck me is how little modern…